Graduated from Divinity Faculty, Ankara
University in 1989, I prepared my MA thesis on Sayyid Ahmet Khan and His
Intellectual Modernity. I studied my thesis at The School of Oriental and
African Studies (SOAS), London.
I obtained my PhD from Ankara
University. My dissertation was on a comparative study between Muslim
Theologians and Philosophers on God-World Relations.
In the academic year 1999-2000 I
lectured in Gregorian University, Rome.
I was visiting fellow in Woodstock
Theological Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC in the academic year
of 2003-2004.
As a Fulbright Scholar I taught in
Birmingham Southern College in 2007.
I was a lecturer in International Ahmad
Yasawi Turk-Kazakh University in Kazakhistan.
I taught the courses of Systematic
Theology; Maturidi Theology in Divinity Faculty and of Political Theories in
Islamic Thought in the department of Political Sciences and International
Relations in TOBB-ETU and Social Sciences University, Ankara.
I was the co-editor of Journal of
Divinity Faculty of Ankara Univ. for six years. I am the founder-editor of
online Journal of Theological Studies (KADER).
I chaired English Theology Department in
Ankara University for two years and now I am head of Theology Department in
Ankara University.
Books
1. Religion, Individual and Society
(Ankara, 1997)
2. Syed Ahmad Khan and His Intellectual
Modernity (Ankara, 1997)
3. God-World Relationship in an-Nasafi
and Muslim Philosophers (Ankara, 1997)
4. Social Theology (Ankara, 1999)
5. Uncovering Islam: Questions and
Answers About Islamic Beliefs and Teachings, (Ankara: DİB Publ., 2004).
6. God, Nature and History: Method in
Theology and Meta-Paradigmatic Roots of Theology (Ankara: Lotus publ., 2005)
7. Systematic Theology, (Ankara: Publ.
of Ankara University, 2005)
8. Methodology in Islamic Sciences,
(Ankara: Publ. of Ankara University, 2005)
9. Being and Knowledge (Ankara: Beyaz
Kule Publ.,2008).
10. Man on the Hills of Steep Path,
(Ankara: Otto Publ., 2012)
11. Religion and Religious People in
Contemporary World (Ankara: Otto Publ. 2012)
12. Truths without Identity (Ankara:
Otto Publications, 2016 and 2017)
13. Returning Back Prior to Adam
(Ankara: Otto Publications, 2016 and 2017)
14. Maturidi’s Thought (editor) (Ankara:
Ministry of Culture Publications, 2011, 2014 and 2017)
15. Kalam (editor) (Ankara: Grafiker
Pub., Six publ. 2011-2017)
16. Principles of Islamic Belief
(editor) (Ankara: Grafiker Publ., Five Publ., 2012-2017)
17. Issues in Religious Thought and
Expositions (editor) (İstanbul, Endülüs Pub., 2016) 18. Guide to
Understanding Religion (Otto Publ., Ankara, 2017).
19. Mâturîdî: Tracing the Lost
Enlightenment, Ankara: Otto Pub., 2019.
Book
Translation
Modern Muslim Qur’an Interpretation,
from J. M.S Baljon (Ankara, 1994) Edition Critique
I edited and published the second volume
of Tabsirat al-adilla fî usûl al-dîn by Abu’l- Muîn an-Nasafî with Prof.
Huseyin Atay. (Ankara, 2005).
Presentations
in International Symposia and Book Chapters and Articles
“The Story of Darulfunûns Until 1933
University Reform in Turkey” Symposium Held to 70th Year of Commemorating the
Establishment of Divinity Faculty of Ankara University, 2019.
“On the Nature of Religion-Science’s
Language, Thought and Meaning” International Symposium on the Relationship
Between Religion and Science in Muslim Tradition” Kilis, 2019.
“Violence: Disease Annihilating Humankind”,
ILESAM, 2019.
International
Book Chapters
“İmam Ebu Mensur Maturidiu: Jeta, Vepra
The Doktrina, (Editor: Ş.A.Düzgün), Tiran, 2019.
Glaube in Gesellschaft: Ankaraner
Stimmen sur Politischen Theologie, ed. Felix Körner, Herder-Almanya.
Glossary Terms of Islam and
Christianity, (Ed.M.Selçuk, H.Albayrak, P. Antek, R.Heinzmann, M.Thurner),
Herder: Germany, 2013.
Some
of My Published Articles
“Social Theology: Human Contribution to
the Existential Process”, Islamiyat, vol. 2, no: 1, January-March 1999 (pp.
85-112).
“The Idea of Universality and Its
Reflections in the Islamic World” Periodical of Divinity Faculty, vol:XXXV,
Ankara, 1996, (pp.507-519).
“The Concept of Social Change and Its
Foundations”, Periodical of Divinity Faculty, Cilt.XXXVIII, Ank. 1998
(pp..309-332)
“Universality of Islamic Thought”,
Scientific Journal of Diyanet, vol.32, no.2, Ocak, 96 (pp.55-66).
“Impact of Rationalist Thought on Recent
Qur’anic Interpretation” , Second Symposium on Qur’an” 4-5 November 1995. Ankara
1996) pp. 305-325.
“Encounter Between the Two Worlds:
Relations Between Latin West and Muslim World in the Crusade Period” Islamic
Research Journal, vol:15, no:1, 2002 and in Encyclopedia of Turks, vol: 6.
“The First Orientalist Studies in the
Crusade Period”, Periodical of Divinity Faculty, cilt, XLII.Ankara, 2001.
“Metaphysics as a Problematic and the
Possibility of Non-Metaphysical Theology”, Current Credal Problems, ed.
(Erzurum, 2002).
“Social theology: Functional Structure
of Theology”, Current Theological Problems, (İzmir, 2000).
“The Religion-World Relation as a
Theological Problem: An Evaluation, AUIFD, vol: XLIV.
“Constructive and Transmittive Elements
of Civilizations between Violence and Reconcilation”, Düşünen Siyaset, n:17,
2003.
“An Obstacle to Existential Theology:
Metaphysical Content and Method”, Düşünen Siyaset, n: 18, 2003.
“Experience, Language and Theology:
Theological Interpretation of Religious Experience”, The Journal of Tasavvuf,
Year: 5, n: 13, 2004.
“Method in Theology: Challenges and
Opportunities for Theology”, (georgetown.edu/centers/woodstock/publications)
“History as the Objectification Realm of
Divine Being: Theological Interpretation of History”, Düşünen Siyaset, year:
3, n:2, 2004.
“Contextualizing the Term ‘Religious
Experience’ in Theological Discourse”, Islam and Christian Muslim Relations,
vol: 15, October, 2004.
“Pluralism and Christology in a
Postmodern Age: An Interview With Rroger Haight”, Tabula Rasa, year: 4, no: 11,
2004.
“Globalism and Transformatin in the
Religious Values”, Religious Researches (Dini Araştırmalar), vol.6, no: 17,
December, 2003.
“The Problematic of Discussion on the
Conceptions of God”, in Conceptions of God and its Impact on Society, Sakarya,
2005.
“The Possibility of Demonstrating Human
Capability Theologically” in Human Honour in Christian and Muslim Traditions,
presented to a symposium held by Ankara and Osnabrück (Germany) Universities
(Ankara, 2006).
“Aliya Izzat Begovic and Founding
Volition of Islam”, KADER, 2009.
“Monotheism and Henoteism in Religions”,
(Munich Maximillan University, November
2008.
“Teaching Islam in Germany: Challenges
and Opportunities”, (Eugen Biser Stiftung, Münih) (November, Germany 2009)
“The Dispute Between Local and Universal
in Religion” Journal of Theological Research, vol.8, No: 1, 2010.
“Religion of Truth vs Religions of
Identity” Thessaloniki Aristotle Universitesinde verilen konferans,
(Thessaloniki, Greece, 25.5.2010)
“Theology and Question of Violence in
Religion”, NATO, Centre of Excellence Defence Against Terrorism, (Ankara, May
2010).
“From De Facto Political Authority to
Legitimate Political Power: Ulu’l-Amr Conception in Maturidi” Proceedings on
Maturidi Thought, Kastamonu, 2017)
“The Capabilities Embedded into Human
Nature,” Journal of Islamic Research, Special Kalam Issue, Ankara, 2016.
“From Ulama to the Intellectual: The
Story of a Transformation,” Proceedings of the Symposium held in Erzurum
Ataturk University, 2017.
Article
Translation
1.“Some Theologians’ Conception of
Shari’a” (Wilfred C. Smith, Islamiyat, (Special Issue for Shari’a) vol.1, no:
4, October-November 1998 (pp.87-107).
2.“The Origin of Muslim Theology” (From
Joseph van Ess), Periodical of Divinity Faculty, vol. XLI, pp.399-425.
3.Mavlana Abu’l Kelam Azad (188-1958):
Islam Lived and Perceived Within a Pluralistic Community” (From Christian
Troll), Islamic Research Journal, vol. 7, no.1, Winter 1993- 94 (pp.23-34)
4.Syed Ahmad Khan (1817-1898) and
Reformation of Islamic Theology in 19. Century”, vol.8, no.1 (1995) (pp.35-64).
5.“Foundations of Socio-Political
Pluralism From Islamic and Christian Perspectives”, Periodical of Divinity
Faculty , Special Issue (2001)
6. “Christianity’s Conception of Jesus
Christ and Its Relation to Islam” Islamiyat, Special Issue for Jesus Christ for
2000th anniversary, January 2001.
Projects
Conducted
Issues and Analysis in Religious
Thought, Endulus Publ., 2016.
Tradition, Future and Transformation in
Religious Thought, Endulus, 2017. Mâturîdî: Probing the Lost Enlightenment,
Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2018.
The
Courses Imparted
Systematic Theology
Social Theology
Theological Hermeneutics
Secular Theology Debates
Political Theories and Furstenspiegels
in Muslim Tradition
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